• A large retrospective study of real-world patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) showed similar survival outcomes for patients with intermediate- or poor-risk disease regardless of whether they were treated with the combination of axitinib plus pembrolizumab or ipilimumab plus nivolumab. (ascopost.com)
  • These investigators analyzed clinicopathological and outcomes data to better categorize the effects of 9 different types of variant histologies on disease-specific survival in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. (medpagetoday.com)
  • A new study compared survival outcomes among patients with metastatic bladder urothelial carcinoma across racial/ethnic groups with predicted life expectancy, as derived from Social Security Administration life tables. (medpagetoday.com)
  • WASHINGTON ― Adding the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab to the established combination of dabrafenib and trametinib (DT) significantly improves survival outcomes in BRAF V600E-mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer ― particularly when administered in a neoadjuvant fashion, prior to surgery. (medscape.com)
  • This study shows that women who know that they have a BRCA mutation before they are diagnosed with breast cancer have improved outcomes including diagnosis at earlier stages and improved overall survival. (facingourrisk.org)
  • Objectives and Methods: To determine whether receipt of nodal surgery, initiation and completion of chemotherapy, and surveillance mammography impact of racial disparities in survival among breast cancer patients in SEER areas, 1992-2005. (tmc.edu)
  • Results: Adjusting for nodal surgery did not reduce racial disparities in survival. (tmc.edu)
  • These disparities highlight both a challenge to further understand the reasons for racial disparities in survival rates of patients with oral cancers and an opportunity to reduce those disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the very fact of early detection can increase the apparent survival of the 'average' prostate cancer patient, simply because these patients are now aware of their cancer diagnosis for longer. (ncri.ie)
  • International differences in lung cancer survival by sex, histological type and stage at diagnosis: an ICBP SURVMARK-2 Study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Distribution of stage at diagnosis among lung cancer cases differed by sex , histological subtype and country, which may partly explain observed survival differences. (bvsalud.org)
  • Importance: Racial disparities in time to surgery (TTS) after a breast cancer diagnosis and whether these differences account for disparities in overall survival have been understudied in the US population. (usuhs.edu)
  • For cancers of the testicles, thyroid, prostate and breast, melanomas and Hodgkin lymphomas, five-year survival after diagnosis was over 80 percent. (dkfz.de)
  • The median overall survival was not reached for axitinib plus pembrolizumab and was 22 months for ipilimumab plus nivolumab. (ascopost.com)
  • The very long median overall survival in the study's neoadjuvant group is quite remarkable for a group of patients who used to have a very poor prognosis," senior author Maria E. Cabanillas, MD, associate professor in the Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • This median overall survival definitely exceeds any other treatments thus far in BRAF-mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer. (medscape.com)
  • The historical median overall survival is just 5 to 6 months. (medscape.com)
  • We found that while adjustment for surveillance mammography receipt and physician visits reduced differences in mortality between blacks and whites, these survival disparities were eliminated after adjusting for the number of surveillance mammograms received. (tmc.edu)
  • P = 0.19).Conclusions: In elderly patients diagnosed with DLBCL, there are large differences in treatment access and survival between blacks and whites. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Both of the newer combination regimens showed marked advances in progression-free survival in patients with kidney cancer and were considered giant leaps forward," he explained. (ascopost.com)
  • The National Cancer Registry this week released analyses showing that there have been significant improvements in survival for breast, colorectal and prostate cancers, but not lung cancers, between 1994-1997 and 1998-2001. (ncri.ie)
  • However, variation in survival between regions is still apparent, with survival generally best for patients with breast, colorectal and prostate cancers resident in the Eastern region. (ncri.ie)
  • Racial disparities in all-cause mortality were explained by racial differences in surveillance mammograms to certain degree, but were no longer significant after controlling for differences in comorbidity. (tmc.edu)
  • Survival analysis was used to determine the association between HIV infection/exposure with mortality, and linear regression was used to examine the association with length of stay and duration of mechanical ventilation. (who.int)
  • Fertility rates, mortality rates (converted to survival rates to project population), internal migration rates, and international migration rates by age and sex were developed for 2000. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: In this population-based cohort comprising virtually all patients diagnosed with UBC in Sweden between 1997 and 2011, female gender was associated with inferior cancer-specific and relative survival. (lu.se)
  • Perivascular PDGFR-α and -β remained independent factors for survival in multivariate analyses.Overall, our study identified host vasculature and oncogenic status as determinants of tumor perivascular features. (lu.se)
  • Multivariate analyses were performed to identify patient demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical factors associated with treatment and with survival. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the groups. (medscape.com)
  • Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to correct for differences in characteristics between the PDS and IDS groups. (elsevierpure.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: The aim of this investigation was to describe tumour characteristics, treatments and survival in patients with urinary bladder cancer (UBC) in a national population-based cohort, with special reference to gender-related differences. (lu.se)
  • Significant differences in survival were revealed when comparison was made with developing countries, for people with cancers that can be successfully treated by chemotherapy (malignant lymphomas, leukaemia, testicular tumours) and modest differences for neoplasms that can be cured by early detection and surgical intervention. (who.int)
  • The study objectives were to identify patient factors associated with treatment and survival in DLBCL.Methods: Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry data linked to Medicare claims, we identified 7,048 patients diagnosed with DLBCL between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2005. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Despite correcting for chemotherapy initiation and completion and known predictors of outcome, African American women still had worse disease specific survival than their Caucasian counterparts. (tmc.edu)
  • Women who received a mammogram during a two-year interval could expect the same disease-specific survival benefit or overall survival benefit as women who received a mammogram during a one-year interval. (tmc.edu)
  • Further analyses planned by the National Cancer Registry will examine the appropriateness of treatment (in relation to available guidelines) and the possible influence of hospital or surgeon case-loads or specialization on the survival and quality of care of cancer patients. (ncri.ie)
  • Semi-quantitative and digital-image-analyses-based scoring of the NORDIC-VII cohort identified significant associations between low expression of perivascular PDGFR-α and -β and shorter overall survival. (lu.se)
  • In my critique of the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay competition on the "best" evidence for life after death and my response to the summer and winter commentaries on it, I made reference to striking similarities between the arguments made by Christian fundamentalists and survival researchers (i.e., those who purport to investigate survival of bodily death scientifically). (infidels.org)
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate survival differences between equivalent residual disease [complete gross resection (CGR), minimal residual disease (MRD), suboptimal] at the time of primary debulking surgery (PDS) and interval debulking surgery (IDS). (elsevierpure.com)
  • Background: No studies have attempted to determine whether nodal surgery utilization, time to initiation and completion of chemotherapy or surveillance mammography impact breast cancer survival. (tmc.edu)
  • Conclusions: The disparities in survival among African American and Hispanic women with breast cancer are not explained by nodal surgery utilization or chemotherapy initiation and chemotherapy completion. (tmc.edu)
  • Higher survival of central nervous system cancers and rhabdomyosarcoma was associated with pediatric providers, whereas higher survival of Hodgkin lymphoma was associated with adult providers. (medjournal360.com)
  • No significant differences were found in the survival from tumours largely refractive to therapy, e.g., carcinomas of the pancreas, lung and liver. (who.int)
  • 1994-2001: improvements seen in survival for most cancers, but regional differences persist. (ncri.ie)
  • This report confirms a modest improvement in survival for three of the four major cancers, in line with that seen in the rest of Europe. (ncri.ie)
  • Studies have shown that the five-year survival rate for people with oral cancers is much lower in blacks than whites. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program, the national five-year survival rate for people with cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx from 1992 to 1997 was 36.1% for blacks and 59.7% for whites. (cdc.gov)
  • There was no survival difference by provider for most types of cancers. (medjournal360.com)
  • La présente étude a estimé les fréquences relatives du cancer de la cavité buccale et du pharynx chez des patients yéménites atteints de cancers enregistrés en 2007 et 2008. (who.int)
  • Medical records were reviewed to determine survival to PICU discharge, duration of PICU admission and duration of mechanical ventilation. (who.int)
  • Overal , 84% (n=90) survived to PICU discharge, with no difference in survival based on HIV infection or exposure. (who.int)
  • The substantial improvements in prostate cancer survival may be more illusory than real, because of apparent increases in the use of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) testing. (ncri.ie)
  • However, as for survival, the likelihood of cancer patients receiving a given treatment still varies substantially between different parts of the country. (ncri.ie)
  • Clinicians can take some reassurance that both combinations provide a survival benefit, and there seems to be no harm in choosing one combination over the other based on this analysis," said Kevin Zarrabi, MD , a second-year hematology/oncology fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center and lead author of the study. (ascopost.com)
  • Nurgalieva, Zhannat, "Impact of racial differences in medical care on breast cancer survival: Findings from a large nationwide and retrospective cohort study" (2012). (tmc.edu)
  • Krishna R, Liff J, Chen A, Eke P, Robison V. Racial differences in factors that influence survival with oral cancer in Georgia: 1978-2001 [abstract]. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the racial differences in distribution of risk factors associated with oral cancer survival in Georgia (1978-2001). (cdc.gov)
  • Learn more about the survival rates for this type of cancer, as well as risk factors to consider. (healthline.com)
  • Keep in mind that a 5-year survival rate is not an exact predictor of any child's cancer journey. (healthline.com)
  • Are There Survival Differences Between Women with Equivalent Residual Disease After Interval Cytoreductive Surgery Compared with Primary Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Ovarian and Peritoneal Cancer? (elsevierpure.com)
  • Pediatric or adult oncologists: Does is make a difference in survival for young adults with cancer? (medjournal360.com)
  • EUROCARE-5, the largest European study on cancer survival, delivers an important indicator for the quality of health care systems. (dkfz.de)
  • In general, survival rates are highest in northern, central and southern Europe, while cancer patients in eastern Europe succumb earlier to their conditions. (dkfz.de)
  • EUROCARE-5 is a project of gigantic dimensions that has studied the survival of ten million cancer patients in 29 European countries. (dkfz.de)
  • There are major differences in five-year survival rates between organs affected by cancer. (dkfz.de)
  • The study also identified differences in cancer survival between individual countries and regions. (dkfz.de)
  • For children with cancer, five-year survival is also higher in Germany than the European average (81 vs. 78 percent). (dkfz.de)
  • On the whole, survival rates across Europe have improved in the past five years since the last study for almost all body systems affected by cancer. (dkfz.de)
  • Variations in cancer survival generally reflect the availability of financial resources for public health care. (dkfz.de)
  • Most notably, survival rates for children with cancer and for lymphoma patients are dramatically lower - a strong indicator of a shortage in the availability of effective anticancer drugs. (dkfz.de)
  • RÉSUMÉ Des études en milieu hospitalier ont révélé des fréquences relatives très élevées du cancer oropharyngé au Yémen. (who.int)
  • 6XUYLYDO RI FDQFHU SDWLHQWV Survival data allow the calculation of the prevalence of organ-specific neoplasms in a given country and provide a basis for national cancer control strategies to be pursued in collaboration with the WHO programme on cancer control. (who.int)
  • This large, real-world retrospective analysis-with the caveat of limited follow-up-shows that both therapies are appropriate for [International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium] intermediate- and poor-risk disease, and appear to confer similar survival," said Daniel M. Geynisman, MD , Associate Professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase and senior author of the study. (ascopost.com)
  • The case- fatality rate for pediatric patients in this outbreak was lower than for adults, but the reasons for this increased survival were unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • The relatively large number of pediatric cases in this outbreak enabled closer investigation of factors associated with increased survival of pediatric patients with Ebola virus disease. (cdc.gov)
  • No statistically significant differences were found between viral loads in adults and pediatric patients. (cdc.gov)
  • however, in the pediatric population, this difference did not reach statistical significance, likely because of the small sample size and the wide range of observed values in the pediatric patients with nonfatal cases. (cdc.gov)
  • Associations of urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) and eGFR with incident stroke were examined in 25,310 participants of the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, a prospective study of black and white US adults ≥45 years of age. (nih.gov)
  • The study monitored the effect of canopy openness and herbivore damage on seedling survival and growth of 960 individuals of six pioneer tree species: Dillenia triquetra, Macaranga indica, Macaranga peltata, Schumacheria castaneifolia, Trema orientalis, and Wendlandia bicuspidata. (yale.edu)
  • In this study, we used a series of multiplex assays to measure the concentrations of 55 serum analytes in specimens from patients from the Gulu outbreak to identify biomarkers that had age-specific associations with survival, hemorrhagic manifestations, or both. (cdc.gov)
  • Study after study has shown that education and training can make the difference between life and death in an outdoor emergency. (cdc.gov)
  • At 12 months' follow-up, there was no significant difference in survival between patients treated with either combination regimen. (ascopost.com)
  • There were no significant differences between formulations or due to incorporation. (usda.gov)
  • What's the difference between acute and chronic leukemia? (healthline.com)
  • The investigators also sought to determine the survival benefits of a neoadjuvant strategy. (medscape.com)
  • Survival rates in Great Britain and Ireland represented the average. (dkfz.de)
  • Racial differences in the validity of these self-reported data can, however, result in misclassification (defined as an inaccurate answer) of survey responses that may obscure true black-white disparities in mammography use rates (3-8). (cdc.gov)
  • We assessed the effect of racial differences in the validity of age-adjusted, self-reported mammography use estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) from 1995 through 2006 to determine whether misclassification (inaccurate survey question response) may have obscured actual racial disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • Having the right tools and supplies can make a big difference in your ability to live and stay safe, whether it's a natural disaster, a sudden evacuation, or something else that you can't plan for. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • Light and communication: Survival kits often have lamps, glow sticks, or hand-crank radios to provide light and make it possible to talk during an emergency. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • When we come together to support our communities, we can make a real difference in the lives of those affected by natural disasters, economic downturns, and other crises. (bulletproofpantry.com)
  • By acknowledging the importance of volunteerism, we can inspire others to get involved and make a difference in their communities. (bulletproofpantry.com)
  • By working together to help others in times of crisis, individuals can make a difference in their communities and build resilience in the face of disaster. (bulletproofpantry.com)
  • It's a make any difference of survival now, which is why we started our company, Healthful Foods Answers, to earn a dwelling. (tradicaoemfococomroma.com)
  • Unfortunately, it takes a mere blink of the eye to turn an outdoor activity into a survival situation, oftentimes with tragic results. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet, survival differences were also observed within stages, suggesting that quality of treatment , healthcare system factors and prevalence of comorbid conditions may also influence survival . (bvsalud.org)
  • When considering outlook, researchers refer to what's known as a 5-year survival rate. (healthline.com)
  • Throughout my 2022 exchanges with psychical researchers, I pointed out instances where survival researchers repeatedly attribute skepticism about life after death, almost without fail, to a "dogmatic adherence to a quasi-religious 'physicalism'" (p. 804n4). (infidels.org)
  • The time you have to file a lawsuit for wrongful death varies by state and is generally shorter than when you file a lawsuit for survival. (theedgesearch.com)
  • Survival kits and "bug out" bags are two popular ways to be ready for a disaster. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • These things might include a survival knife, a way to start a fire, a camp stove, a water filtration system, paracord, and other things that could be helpful in a longer-term disaster. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • In the context of survival skills and disaster readiness, volunteering can also be a way to prepare for emergencies. (bulletproofpantry.com)
  • Let's dive into the differences that players can see when they log into ARK: Survival Ascended for the first time. (primagames.com)
  • As players log into this remastered version of ARK for the first time, they'll immediately be able to notice a difference. (primagames.com)
  • On the other hand, a survival action looks at the damage done to the dead person between the time they were hurt and the time they died. (theedgesearch.com)
  • Most of the time, these kits have a range of things that are needed for immediate survival and to meet basic needs. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • Bug out bags are usually bigger and heavier than survival boxes because they have more things and are meant to be used for longer periods of time. (survivalgear4us.com)
  • If you could only have one gun for survival in a time of SHTF, would it be this one? (modernsurvivalblog.com)
  • Upper room UVGI efficacy was determined by comparing the proportion of infected animals in each chamber and using survival analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Quantifying these differences is important for highlighting both the size of this issue and the need for health and social policy to close these gaps. (uwinhealth.com)
  • That's pretty important for that one gun for survival! (modernsurvivalblog.com)
  • I think it is important for readers to be aware of them since they shatter the illusion promulgated by many survival proponents that they are engaging in research that adheres to scientific best practices. (infidels.org)
  • The survival scores play an important role during reproduction as well. (slideshare.net)